Perhaps it is owner Mike Ashley’s painful recollections of that fateful campaign which has persuaded him to stick with Pardew for the time being.

It was the season of four managers, mass demonstrations against his regime and ultimately relegation.

That was a time when Ashley played the populist, having appointed Geordie Messiah Kevin Keegan to replace the detested Sam Allardyce.

Keegan’s second coming only ended in an acrimonious departure though - turning the Toon Army irrevocably against the club owner.

After Joe Kinnear’s bizarre time in charge and Chris Hughton’s short caretaker stint, Ashley called on another Magpies’ legend but even Alan Shearer couldn’t save

Newcastle’s Premier League skins and the pair have barely spoken since.

Ever since those chaotic days, appeasing the club’s huge fanbase has never been on Ashley’s agenda and the sports magnate won’t repeat the mistakes he believes he made six years ago.

PRESSURE: Pardew is on the brink of losing his job [GETTY]

“You can see on the pitch we want to win the games but trying to find the answer is hard, very hard”

Fabricio Coloccini

Coloccini was in his first year in English football back then, an import shellshocked by the anarchy he’d signed into.

And the Argentine is convinced that despite Newcastle’s current league position, an embarrassing points total in the 2014 calendar year and fans’ protests just as vehement as they were after Keegan’s exit, he’s not become embroiled in Toon Nightmare Part II.

“No, it feels very different,” said the Newcastle captain, whose loyal backing of Pardew may be another factor in Ashley’s decision to stick with his manager.

“We are controlling games. Last time we went down, we could not control games.”

Coloccini also insists team spirit remains intact despite a record of just five league wins this year.

“We have a tight group with everyone working for each other,” he added.

“And we are staying positive as well. We just need three points to take the pressure off.

“You can see on the pitch we want to win the games but trying to find the answer is hard, very hard.”

Defensive sidekick Mike Williamson is adamant that whatever Newcastle’s current problems, Pardew is not one of them.

“We are all frustrated as a group but what he has done is show composure and that is what you need in a situation like this,” said the centre half.

“He goes through every detail to try to rectify this.

“The manager has obviously come in for criticism but he has thick skin. It’s ourselves that will get us out of this position.

“We have shown on the pitch that we are 100 per cent behind him and we are doing everything we can.

“We feel we have come very close and there has been small margins in a lot of the games.”